Resisting The Tycoon's Seduction (The Berutelli Escape) Read Online Free PDF Page B

to him that this slender woman with the softest hair he’d ever felt in his life, fit his body perfectly.  He liked it when she turned her face towards his chest, her soft breath tickling his neck.  He rubbed her back, trying to soothe the shivering in her body but the more he touched her, the worse it seemed to get.
    He pulled away slightly and looked down at her.  “Marissa, what’s going on?  Two days ago, you were spitting fire at me.  Now you’re proposing marriage.  Talk to me.”
    “I can’t,” she sighed, feeling warm and protected with his strong, muscular arms around her.  At this moment, she knew that nothing could hurt her.  Her sister would be safe, she wasn’t facing the revolting future of marriage to a man who repulsed her, she had a good business running and she could even see a time in her life when she could move out of her father’s home and have more freedom. 
    And then he let his arms drop and that wonderful mirage faded away.  “I’d better go now.  Thank you for your time.”  Zeke didn’t want her to go, wanted to pull her back into his arms and carry her over to the sofa, to demand that she tell him what was going on and why she’d proposed to him in such a crazy fashion.  But he couldn’t hold her like that without scaring her because his body was already hard and aching for her.  Holding her close, she was bound to notice his body’s reaction and she’d run screaming from the room. 
    She stepped out of his arms and bent to pick up her purse.  With a hiccupped laugh she said, “I was given advice to strip out of my clothes and seduce you into marriage.”  She laughed again.  “As if that would work.”
    He chuckled, watching her sexy bottom in the tight skirt.  “It might,” he teased, his eyes alight with the idea of being seduced, especially by this woman. 
    Marissa stopped, her body frozen in time.  Strip naked?  Now? 
    She looked back up at him, saw the amusement in his eyes and her heart sank.  But something happened in that moment.  He realized that she was serious and the laughter from faded, replaced by something stronger, much more intense.  The flame that leapt into his eyes told her that it might just work. 
    Before she could think about it, before her mind rejected the possibility, she dropped her purse.  Lifting her fingers to her silk blouse, her shaking fingers undid the first button.  When his eyes followed her fingers, her stomach twisted with something…it wasn’t fear or anger so much as…excitement?  No, surely not!  She couldn’t be excited about the idea of him touching her, of him making love to her.  She pushed the possibility away, embarrassed that she felt so wanton. 
    But his eyes were heated as he watched her unbutton the next, and then the next on her blouse.  She bowed her head as she reached the bottom of the silk and started to pull the edges away. 
    Zeke watched in fascination as she released each button.  More and more skin was revealed and his body hardened as he received a peek of the gentle swells of her breasts.  When the rose colored lace was revealed, he almost sank to his knees with the need to possess her.  And then that adorable, taunting crystal danced between her perfect, lovely breasts.  He inhaled sharply at the sight of her, thinking she had to be the most sensuous woman he’d ever seen. 
    He tried to say something, to tell her to stop, but the words wouldn’t come out.  He was too mesmerized by the glorious sight of her delightful breasts slowly being revealed to him.  When she started to pull the edges away, he looked at her face and knew that this was wrong.  She was doing this for all the wrong reasons.  If she’d been here of her own free will, he would gladly have taken what she was offering.  But she looked so nervous, he thought she might just pass out with the fear racing through her.
    When he saw her naked for the first time, he wanted her to be ready to pass out with